The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-12
pyotNCINGl ION iMALIEToA.
dREAr IDo or THE aERarAxs OYER
TIE room KING or SAMOA.

prosress sof, the war which Germany declared
against Malietoa. Under date OF Sept 10 the
correspondent writesfrom ,Apia: 49, ie.
nFor three weeks . German squadron OF
four ships OF the line has been here to prose-
cute tho war and take King Malietoa prisoner.
but thns far their efforts have been baf1ed.
The, squadron arrived here on Aug. 10. Tho
next day operations commenced with an omin-
Gus demonstration In front Of tho Govern
,nsnt House. Marines were stationed there,
shooting for practice. At least this was tho
ostensible purpose, but the real ono was to
irritate and frightcn tho Samoans, since to
shoot in front of.a chiefs house is to offer him
the Grsategt insult. and ID equivalent to
thEsaf that he Mill be. ehot, The target used
was n 1ife.Aze tin French soldier. cockade
and all -. H..
F"Nothing more was done then. for on the Esd
steamer was to sail for sydney, and might
carry tho news too coon to suit tho German
purpose. Hardly had the Lubbock sailed out Of
the harbor aud loft rs for q month without
means OF communication with the outside
world, when Becker, the German Consul adj
dressed O most nsolent letter TO tho King. 1t
demanded $4,000 and M " Ifa," which in
Samoan means to crawl on the belly and lick
the dust 1T demanded alson reply in twenty-
four hours. The Consul hardly condcscended
to give any reasons, but those that he did give
divided the demand as follows: One th9usandi
a9nrs was aemsrded for German nn who hd
H. nee .SSa f he I sisSt WI Tie ss NJ.
bfation of tho. Emnerof,s birthday The
ana a ssysT asS IL tie si ihaRRsHsa
Az far tus'E inE Maiietoa was. concerned. he
could haze known nothing Of it. for I he vas vas
EnS Know would have Ind no right to Interfere,
Efncc no has coded his police power 70 the
Coiisuls withfh the district of this individuality.
AZ tlamnnIf1
stolen from Germans-a good price for bread
fruit worth ,IYe cent: per, 100 pounds. 1t Is
S9 th aleSp hHs @
9tely replied though the C9nsuls letter hardly his
Beiorn $ O'clock next morning war was, de-
clprsd. Boat after boat p9lled from, the ships
six e guns and tiors Tor tho wounded. while
hs bSp beaps te se Nag OF Tine ed
ever. The boats OF the samoan navy were
Just Us they had been left from the last nigllt's
fishing. The land forces were in their houses
na mHs knsy h Ms
and wondering what all the trouble was about.
The Government House was first surround.
suspecting that he was watched. he had fled to
AieSa, his capital, at midnight. Not finding
there aG u a tRss sd S%1 Ihe
the Governor, when. thinking he was the King,
they showed whit treatment awaited royalty
bayonets From the Government House the
Germans took some rifles and ammunition, and
sewing machine, and watch belonging to the
Samoan Secretary OF State. These were borne
of as spois Of war; s,ado ,,.n,o ona a. :
cupation q The town seemed TO those OF us az.
n n control these
Nowhere in tho world has there been more
continued intestine conmotion apd deeper
politics o. Samoa. The present King sue
ceeded his uncle seven years aaso. For centn-
founders ii the race were two brothers who
led the SamoaDs to victory and expelled the
ThSs
MaIietesi but Malistop quickly crushed him.
have S put his. chiefs to death but {or ths
tntercession OF the American and English
s got n so Red
Consul raised the American over the SAMOAN
6tates Government. whom II was agreed be-
tween the powers that new Consuls should be
nas S.a at #ssPns ssn S SS end
aas set liz samoan ars marne sf tRen
iereisnsrs IS Wen. st mis- movement 81 ths
GesmsHs pending the conference and fore
The The american Consul General Immediately
demanded an explanation Of the German Con-
sui, and was informed that war had been de-
clared. Then, at the. request OF the samoan
interests OF peace, butthe Germans would be
sm E aSAff sho the x dssyssy
siys ap their King. Tsm R NJ "a rebel chief
raded through the town, and saluted as King.
The American Consul General and British
TO
sa waR ss q from osys The Ia s
town now strutted about under the protection
shsS ana SsS hass
come little IA contact with eiyilisation;
EsH topmosS limbs iopbea 81 and studded with
stood young chief. a Ratchet in Ills, hand, be-
low bin sshs sqgs head
sossrs s now S twiras i aser The manner
Hsient .and. painiui oonf9rd Yns he placed Il
sss he dropesd to The deck and
sprupS high into the air with a shrilI yell that
chiefs. upward OF a hundred men, their heads
Whitoned with lime or wrapped about In tapa
their copper-eolpred q, bodies reekinR with cocoa
nut oil. and glistenfnE In the sun. Majesticaly
they bent to and fro as they dipped their pad
dos to the monctonous boating OF the tomtom
and tho chanting OF their Samoan war songs.
Against this union OF Germans and natives
tho Government has made no resistance,
would have mRde short work. The first day
Malietoa and tho members Of the Taimua and
Faipple. the two houses OF the Parliament. had
gone to the bush. aud here the followers of
Middleton assembled. Back OF the coast the
mountains rise precipltately, densely wooded.
almost trackless, md I'm passable to all but the
natives ofthe district 10 these, not far back
OF the town. the Government party retired and
for the first week defied the Germans and
laughed mt them, rs they looked down upon the
ships In the, harbor below. Their. wives and
daughters brought them food from town,
although Of this they did not want, for they
were near their own taro patches and there
were plenty of wild bush yams about. But now
the Germans posted sentineis between them
and the town and made short incursions into
the bush. Those wero without success, for the
clumsy Germans were soon worn out among
the trailing vines and slippery stones. and
made so much noise that thoy could not come
within miles 81 the samoans. who fell back at
tho news OF every approach.
On one OF these raids occurred the first
s bloodshed and capture OF prisoners. On
the morning OF the 9th bush town was sur
rounded. and young boy was shot as he rose
from his mats. Ten prisoners were taken that